The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-14

election or appointment and he
ought to be willing to live up to his
own contract. The constitution for
bids the Legislature or rather pro-
hihits q reduction Of his salary for
t ,e term and we have no doubt
would have prevented its increase.
il its trainers had not considered
that the prohibition to cut down car
RED With it the substa, tive ids q OF
q prohibition to increase. But how
ever that may be, we do not give it
IS a positive conclusion. now is not
the time to enlarge the salary Of any
man. Never in the history of the
State, and surrey never in the life
of the writer have we had such press
,bg need fer low salaries and low
wages. The writer is half centurJ,
old and in all this time he has new
er seen so much poverty, distress,
,ard times and real unauthorized
suffering among the people. Nine,
tenths of the property in the State
,s to-day mortgaged and otherwise
encountered; eieht-tenths of the peo
pie to-day are without two months
cations on hand for their families,
and without money or credit to pur-
chase: and under such circemstan-
ces, and in such trying, times to
~aise the salaries of officials, and to
increase the bardens of an already
sver>burdened people, would, from
our stand point. be an intolerable
outrage upon the people. 1t would
justify the people in the next cleo
lion in driving the party from power
who would dare commit such blum
Ter and wrong. We see the Signal, ed
tied by Loge Harris, wool>dyed
Republican, is IN favor of the meas
are. Let Democrats beware of Loge's
trap. He is willy enemy, and not
fool ~ long shot. We know
brother Loge. He is clever, 5 pright.
ly, shrewd, cunning fox. He is an
open, manly enemy of the Democrat
lc party. and will advocate no meas
ure that will benefit the party. He
declares in 1883 the nation anC
State must be wrested fromthe enc
mics of the people. If he means by
5lis that Grover Cleveland and thos'
who at heart endorse his policy the,
we are with him hearty; but if h
means that the Democratic part,
and It's principles must be set asi lie
then in God We trust that that shall
never come to pass He says h'
will not hesitate to give credit to tn
leaders and measures of the Fart,
when deserved. This credit will b,
like angels visits if he is to be to-
judge--not even SO often az thi
paper endorses the Repuelical
Mugwumr now in the White Hou s
He says he will advocate a protec ct
i've Tariff. Blair Bill a repeal of til,
coanty government system. tn
working the roads by taxminn, 81,
the increase of the JUICES .iarie
o. course he will advocate al lhe>
things. But from our stan puin
no sound. old fashion DE nocr,
ought to advocate any Of tines,
things. 1t would be very safe rul
for a man who has not made pol tic
study and who does not think Io
himself and wh1 claims to lie a Deu
ocrat to find out the position of IL
Raleigh Signal on I'll public gu
and then take exactly C oIpo
site, and he will be light as often a
leastas the Signal will endorse Dem
"crat:c leaders ana Democratic meas
ure. We have placed the Signal OF
oar exchange list with great pleas
ure end shall read 1t very CAREFUL,
because we like It's editor pers. nall
and because it will keep US postet
., The policy OF its party. We ho}
tue Legislature will hest ate long al
consider we'll the recomme nd alton
OF he Governor on increasing IL
ind es. salaries and on the passag
of the revenue measure proposed b,
the Tax Commission. Both n easurt
are full OF dangers. polsons, and dis
astrous threateaings to the future {
he Democratic party in this State
The fact that Scales and Jarvis be-
recommend this increase in the sala
ries of the judges does not make
right and will not ward off Avi
Great men sometimes make mi.
takes.
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